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鸟尽弓藏

niǎo jìn gōng cáng

4-character word Traditional 鳥盡弓藏

What 鸟尽弓藏 means

1. lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

The characters in 鸟尽弓藏

• 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)…
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 弓gōnga bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor